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Hot Water Cold Water
Hot Water Cold Water
that the initial temperature of the water has on how fast it will freeze. Method First, make enough space in a freezer to hold two mugs of water. Fill one mug with warm water (from a kettle or the warm water tap) and the other from the cold tap. Place both mugs in the freezer and start your timer. Check the solutions at regular intervals to see which one freezes first. Variations You can vary the experiment by: 1. adding food colouring to check for convection (add a drop but dont stir) 2. place the cups on an eggbox to reduce surface contact with the freezer 3. adding salt or sugar to see what effect solutes have on the rate of freezing. And finally... It is important to be open minded with chemistry, and science in general. Some things that first appear to be a contradiction to our understanding can in fact be the opening idea to a new theory or concept (remember how the Mpemba effect was first rejected by his classmates and teachers). By keeping an open mind on what he observed and not on what he expected to see, Mpemba was able to show that hot water did in fact freeze more quickly than cool water. Mpemba later became a scientist.
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